Rachel Reeves will set out her budget for the coming years this afternoon in a Spending Review expected to lay the path for major tax increases.
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But it is likewise likely to include squeezes for other departments as the Chancellor seeks to keep within the straight jacket of fiscal rules she has set for herself.

Her space for manoeuvre has likewise been further constrained by the Government's U-turn on winter season fuel payments, which will see the benefit paid to pensioners receiving up to ₤ 35,000 per year at a cost of around ₤ 1.25 billion to the Treasury.

Among the expected losers are the cops, with Yvette Cooper's pleas for more money to assist with lowering crime believed to have actually fallen on deaf ears, in spite of warning it could cause fewer bobbies on the beat.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is prepared to reveal real-terms increases for the service every year, but there are fears that it may not suffice.

However the Home Secretary is apparently to be soothed with more than half-a-billion pounds to plough into strengthening the UK's borders - consisting of drones to find migrants in the Channel.

The complete information will be revealed in the Commons, but several announcements have actually already been made.

They include:

₤ 15.6 billion for public transport projects in England's city areas